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I can’t find a baker who makes loaves of bread to save my life. Even living near a major city, it’s all pastry. I just want to support a local business and have delicious fresh bread.
My neighbor is an independent baker. He makes "regular" bread in various types in addition to pastries.
He closed his retail business during COVID and never reopened it. He reports that it is significantly less hassle to sell directly to local businesses (restaurants, delis, etc.) and their only consumer sales are now made at local farmer's markets. Your local bakeries only sell pastries because they're the only things that sell. The reason for this is broadly speaking that individual consumers are whiny and entitled shitheads, and "the grocery store has it cheaper."
That makes sense. It honestly is hard to compete with the grocery bakery. You can get macarons imported from France at Walmart. They're about $5 for twelve and honestly aren't bad. I've seen bakeries charge $40 for that same amount.
Which major city? I bake bread.
in germany bread baking is its own valuable branch of baking and it's often treated with a lot of sincerity
Who's baking disingenuously?
Grupo Bimbo Bakeries.
That's odd, I live in a pretty small city and there are multiple local bakeries. I just wish there was one a little easier to walk to.
I was thinking the same thing but I'm guessing it's the major city part that is the issue. Rent and labor probably make it too expensive in major cities.
I know it's not exactly what you're saying, but a lot of grocery store bakeries bake loaves of bread.
I remember reading about how in Australia we bake dough made in Ireland. As somehow it’s cheaper to mass manufacture shitty dough and ship it across the globe.
I’ll stick to a traditional bakery’s bread over a supermarkets if given the choice.
I just bake my own bread. It is healthier and with tastier flavor.
That's interesting, there's two bakeries with bread within walking distance from me. But they're not square loaves, it's sourdough and rodeo bread and challah and baguette and focaccia... And rolls, and yes pastries as well. Tbf, I live in Los Angeles so the unusual part isn't variety, it's the "walking."